The Social Media Cheat Sheet

All of the social media outlets are recommended for your business. They’ve become a force that’s not just for sharing your personal life with your friends but for sharing your professional life with your clients.

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Images, too, have become key to interacting on the social web. As our devices have grown more powerful and visually stunning, the use of images has risen too—to the point of being a necessity.

We don’t need to convince you that you need images, we’re sure—the numbers bear that out. Engagement on photo posts is far, far higher than on text posts. The Internet is a visual medium. But how do you use the images in a way that promotes your business and shows that you know your tools?

Part of it is knowing the image size you’ll need. Below we have a list of image sizes (in pixels) that show the optimal size for images to be seen, clicked, and responded to. All dimensions are listed Width X Height.

The Big List For Social Media Image Sizes

Facebook

Cover Photo: 851×315

Profile Photo: 180×180

Link Image: 1200×627

Regular Image: 1200×1200

Milestone Image: 1200×717

Twitter

Header Image (new profile): 1500×1500

Profile Photo: 400×400

Image for Tweets (recommended size): 880×440

Google+

Profile Photo: 250×250

Cover Photo: 2120×1192

Shared Photos: 800×600

LinkedIn

Profile Photo: 200×200

Cover Photo: 646×220

Instagram

Profile Photo: 161×161

Image (Desktop Lightbox): 612×612

Feed Photo: 510×510

Pinterest

Profile Photo: 600×600

Pins: 600xinfinite (photos can be as long as you like, but width is fixed at 600px)

Pinboard Thumbnail: 220×150

YouTube

Profile Photo: 800×800

Channel Art: 2560×1224

Video Thumbnail: 1280×720 (720p resolution if using a screenshot from your video)

Using these guidelines can and will help you to promote your business because you’ll quickly improve your social media prowess and make your business look more beautiful and appealing to the average social user.

Feel free to bookmark this guide to the social media recommended image sizes in case you need the numbers again. Happy marketing!